diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/NodeDiscovery.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/NodeDiscovery.java
index 2eadbd970..40218d23f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/NodeDiscovery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/NodeDiscovery.java
@@ -602,20 +602,18 @@ class AddressAndPort implements Comparable<AddressAndPort>, BytesMarshallable {
             return (src[0] & 0xff) + "." + (src[1] & 0xff) + "." + (src[2] & 0xff) + "." + (src[3] & 0xff);
         }
 
-        if (src.length == 6) {
-
-            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(39);
-            for (int i = 0; i < (INADDRSZ / INT16SZ); i++) {
-                sb.append(Integer.toHexString(((src[i << 1] << 8) & 0xff00)
-                        | (src[(i << 1) + 1] & 0xff)));
-                if (i < (INADDRSZ / INT16SZ) - 1) {
-                    sb.append(":");
-                }
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(39);
+        for (int i = 0; i < (INADDRSZ / INT16SZ); i++) {
+            sb.append(Integer.toHexString(((src[i << 1] << 8) & 0xff00)
+                    | (src[(i << 1) + 1] & 0xff)));
+            if (i < (INADDRSZ / INT16SZ) - 1) {
+                sb.append(":");
             }
-            return sb.toString();
-
         }
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+
+        return sb.toString();
+
+
     }